[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > > I use some headless fileserver on a remote site; the data backup is done on an > external usb2 hard drive swapped once a week by an unqualified person which is > only able to unplugged and re-plug the device. > > Don't you think that in this case, console hotplug is really usefull! At > least, > I DO! > > Futhermore, WHY Someone should think what is good and what is wrong to do, FOR > ME??? This is the very reason why some years ago I quite my M$ qualified > sysadmin job!!!!! Please let ME decide what I should do and what I shouldn't. > > I consider that this (no more automounting in console mode) is a REAL step > backward as it is YOUR responsability (as end user) to decide.
Have you ever measured the performance of the external hard drive? I have an external USB 2.0 hard drive with 300GB for private backup purpose. If this disk is mounted with standard settings on a SUSE 10.0 box which supports USB 2.0, I end up with a very very poor performance and backups take a very long time. If I mount the same hard drive manually (and avoid therefore the sync-option), I can easily backup more than 10 times as much data as before in the same time. Obviously, we have a problem: you like the automount mechanism as it allows you to use unqualified personnel for your backups on remote sites, I don't like the automount mechanism because (for instance) it comes along with a severe impact on performance! The questions now are: can we find a solution that will make everybody happy. Does anybody know how this will be handled in upcoming SUSE distributions? Mounting with sync-option cannot be the ultimate solution (from my point of view), and I am sure that people keep complaining about the poor performance of their external drives. Are there any plans to somehow allow async mount options although an automounter is used? Or are there any other ideas concerning this issue? Cheers, Th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
